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# Vishnupurana 2.5.27

Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.5.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.5.27)

teneyaṃ nāgavaryeṇa śirasā vidhṛtā mahī  
bibharti mālāṃ lokānāṃ sadevāsuramānuṣām //

> The earth, sustained upon the head of this sovereign serpent, supports in its turn the garland of the spheres, along with their inhabitants, men, demons, and gods.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

### [2.5.27.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.5.27.p1)

iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe dvitīye 'ṃśe pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.2.5.5) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.5.p5) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.5.27) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.21.27) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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